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MACHINE FOR MAKING AND AFFIXING- TAGS T0 PLUG TOBACCO.

No. 306,948. Patented Oct. 21, 1884.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING AND APPIXING TAGS T0 PLUG TOBAGGO.

No. 306,948. Patented Oct. 21, 1884.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING AND APPIXING TAGS T0 PLUG TOBACCO.

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EUGENE H. FECK, OF GREENVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT MORRELL,OF SUMMIT, NE\V JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING AND AFFIXI'NG TAGS TO PLUG-TOBACCO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,9i8, dated October21, 1884.

Application filed December 1, 1883. (X model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LEUGENE H. PncK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenville, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making andAfiixing Tags to Plug-Tobacco, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of improvements in mechanism whereby tin tags forplug-tobacco may be automatically made and affixed to the plugs, the tinsheets being applied to the machine and the tobacco-plugs being suppliedto and removed from the machine by hand. The said improved mechanismcomprises a power- 'punch for cutting out the blanks, a point bendingpress for setting the points of the tags for being forced into thetobacco-plugs, a press for forcing the points of the tags into thetobacco, and thereby affixing said tags to the same, and an annular andintermittingly rotating dieplatc, inwhich the tags'are transferred fromthe punching-press to the pointbending press, bent thereby, and againtransferredto the affixing-press, all organized in an automatic machinein which the requisite number of tags for two large plugs may be punchedout. and a similar number may have the points bent, and a third batchmay be affixed to the tobacco-plugs by one operation of the machine, sothat large plugs being subsequently cut into eight small plugs,eaehhaving one tag, makes sixteen tags made and as many plugs tagged atonce, which effects a considerable economy of labor, not onlyin themaking of the tags and affixing them, but a considerable saving ofintermediate work such as packing the tags, unpacking, and feedingthem-which has to be done when the tags are made and applied separately,all as hereinafter fully described, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedtag making and affixing machine. Fig. 2 is aside elevation, looking atthe front, of the powerpunch by which the tags are cut out of the.

tin sheet, with some parts in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of themachine in a plane at right angles to that of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a planView of a couple of large plugs of tobacco, with the tags as affixed'bymy improved machine.

Fig. 5 is a plan of the bed-die of the punching-press, in which the tagsare punched, showing the form of the tags. Fig. 6 is a plan of a portionof the annular die plate, in which the tags are carried from thepunchingpress to the point-bender and to the tagging devices. Fig. 7 isa section of Figs. 1 and 6 on the line :0 .73, and Fig. 8 is a detail ofthe tagging devices in section. Fig. 9 is a detail, partly in plan viewand partly in horizontal section, as indicated by the line y y of Fig.10. Fig. 10 is a detail in vertical section on line no of Fig. 9. Fig.11 is a detail in elevation. Fig. 12 is a horizontal section of the mainwheel on line in w of Fig 11. Figs. 13 and 14 are details illustratingthe method of feeding the blank sheets to the punches, by which the tagsare cut out of said blanks.

I make acireular table, a, and mount it on any suitablelegs, Z), forsupporting the meehanism, and arrange the annular die-plate c in' a wideand shallow groove, (1, in the upper surface of the table, in whichdie'plate I make, preferably, eight sets of die-sockets, 0, each setbeing in two parallel and straight rows of eight (more or less) socketseach, and the sets of diesockets being located equal distances apartaround the die-plate. To the under side of this die-plate attach as manyfeeding studs or brackets f as the-number of movements the die-platemakes in a revolution, and I arrange a feeding-lever, g, therewith, toshift the dieplate from one position to another in succession of theoperations of the tag forming and affixing devices. The feed-studsf havean inclinedside, h, and the feeding-arm g has a sliding catch, t, in it,the outer end of which catch is beveled at j to correspond with theinclineh and bear thereon when the arm swings back to engage the studsfor shifting the dieplate, whereby said catch 6 is pushed back against aspring, 7.7, when the catch passes to the rear of the feedingstuds. Thespring is then pushes the catch i out behind the stud, and causes saidcatch to engage the stud for shifting the die-plate forward by theforward swing of the feeding-lever. The said lever is pivoted to a stud,Z, under the center of the table, to swing concentrically with thedie-plate, and is connected by rod m with a crank-pin, n, on a disk, 0,attached to the lower end of a vertical shaft, 19, extending up throughthe table in a suitable l iearing-stiul, and gearing by toothed wheels 8with the main shaft t, which cause the feed-arm to make one throw forevery revolution ofthe main shaft. The sliding catch-block i is suitablytitted in a groove of the arm for sliding back and forth therein, and issecured bya cover-plate, r, bolted on the top of the arm over thegroove, and said catch has a rod, 00, extending along the arm into thesocket y of the hub of the arm, to support the spring 7;, which isemployed to push the catch forward. The rod :1 slides in and out of thesocket, aecording as the catch t shifts. The grooved of the table isdeepened in the central portion (1, to provide space for thefeeding-studsf to move in, and where the feed-arm g swings, the table isconstructed without the inner wall, a, from a toe of the said depressedportion in which this groove d is formed, to make the proper opening forthe arm 9, which i i l below the under surface of the table, to reachinto the groove (1 to engage the feed-studs; but along the lower edge ofthe bottom plate, b, of the table aledge, c, is formed, over which theouter end of the arm 9 swings to be supported j, and geared with themain driving-shaft I by the eccentric it and the sliding block 7, andthe bed-die i being suitably attached to the table a to allow thedie-plate c to move freely under it.

The punches l1 and the corresponding dieholes, 71 of the bed-die z" arealike in number and arrangement with the die-sockets c of the f severalsets of said die-sockets in said die plate, and coincide with thesockets of any set I resting under the punches; but the punches h andthe die-holes 71 of the bed-die i have ribs and nicks 0, respectively,to make the tag-disk c and its points while the form of the die-socketsc in the lower portion corresponds with the disk of the tag, and theupper part is countersunk (see Fi g. 6?) sufficient] y to receive thetags from the bed-die 2" and carry and hold them by the points under thepointhending punches Z of the reciprocating head at, located a quarterof the circumference of the die-plateczuvay from thepunching-press thatis to say, two removes of the die plate from the punches. These punchesZ" press the tags down in the die-sockets 0 about halfway through thedie-plate, bending the points upward at right angles to the plane of thedisks, (see Fi 7,) where the friction of the disks and points of thetags against the walls of the diesoekets retain the tags in thedie-sockets while they are carried another quarter of a revolution ofthe die-plate to the place where they are to be inserted in thetobaccoplugs-that is, under the presser 12. 7 Here a couple of longplugs, 12, of tobacco are placed side by side under said presser by anattendant when the prcsser is up, and then, after the presser goes down,the punches 1, attached to the head 8 under the table, are thrust upwardthrough the table and through the die plate 0, ti'orcing the points ofthe tags into the tobacco against the prcsser it, thus affixing thetags. one of the lines or rows being affixed to one of the plugs,respectively, lengthwise ot' the same, so that when the plugs aresubsequently divided transversely between each taginto short plugs 1each of the said short plugs will have a tag l duly affixed to it, as.i.'epi-'csented in Fig. i. Directly after the tags are thus affixed thepresser it rises el ear of the tobacco-plugs, which are then carriedforward with the diedate for removal therefrom by anotherattendant, whopunches or brushes them off at the next quarter posit-ion of the table.lhe )unch-stoek m is attached to a lever, 1, that is pivoted in thestandard 11, and has a roller, t, which runs 1'. A spring or otherapproved device may be employed for raising said punches. Theaiilxing-pnnches q are forced up to affix the tags to the lObllCCO'plUgS by the cam a? on the driving -shaft '1, which acts on aroller, 1 pivoted on the upper end of the yoke-rod .2", which straddlesthe shaft for its guide at the upper end, and is connected at the lowerend with the lever c", pivoted to a bracket at I), and bearing againstthe lower end of I the punch-stock slide a. The weight of thepunch-stock s causes it to fall for withdrmvf ing the punches; or aspring or other means may beemployed to forceit down. The presser aconnected to the crank-pin (7? by an e,\'- tensible connecting rod,consistingofsleevef, rod g", and a spring, l1, contrived to raise thepresscr high enough for the tobacco-plugs to be placed under it readily,and so that when the presser descends on the plugs it will. bear on themalike, whether thick or thin, by the pressure of the spring, which willyield suitably for the swing of the crank pin. The crank pin isattached. to a disk, (1 on the shaft 1'. l The rod has a collar, 9",inside of the sleeve l l ated for forcing down the bendnig-punches j,that is engaged by an internal ring, g; or it maybe astud-pin or otherdevice ofthe sleeve to raise the presser; or the same may be effected bythe pull of the spring, which may be conncctcd at one end to the sleevenear the upper end of the socket, and connected at the other end to therod 1/ near the lower end of the sleeve; but the collar on the rod andring or stud in the sleeve will probably be the best. The shaft '1, bywhich. these several punching devices are operated, is geared by thelarge spur-wlurel i with the pinion j" ontllc drivingsha-tt is", towhich the power is applied by a belt on the loose pulley P, which is tobe conneeted by the clutch in? when the machine is to be set in motion.The clutch is connected with the bell'crank shifter n pivoted to the thefoot-lever g, which is to be forced down and held by the attendant ofthe power-puncl'l.

on a cam, a, on the main shaft 1:, to be Opel frame at 0 and connectedby the rod 12 with IlO while the machine is to be keptinmotion. Aspring, 8 is arranged on the rod 12 and with the bell-crank shifter 91%and stand i to throw up the bell-crank and foot-lever and disconnect theclutch when the machine is to be stopped.

To insure the stopping of the machine with the punches h and I up andthe punches q down, so as to always enable the tin sheet and thetobaccoplugs to be removed, and for other reasons, I have arranged aplain ring, a, on the side of the spur-wheel next to the bell crankshifter a", so that astudaf, on the shifter will bear against the ringtoprevent the clutch from disconnecting until a notch, a in said ringcomes to the stud eflwhich will then fall into said notch and allow theclutch to disconnect, and it also stops the machine. The notch is soarranged on the wheel thatit comes to the stud c when the punches are inthe positions where it is desired to stop them, and thus the machinewill only stop when the several parts are in their proper places. It isto be understood that the feed-arm g is so adjusted with relation to thepunches that it swings forward and shifts the die-plate when the punchesare withdrawn from said die-plate, and while they are at rest or arepassing the centers on their return to the die-plate.

It will be seen that the punches h and their dies have to be located asfar apart along the respective rows as the tags are required to beplaced from each other in the tobacco-plugs, in consequence of which thetags are cut out of the tin so far apart that enough metal remainsbetween the holes to make another row of tags, thewaste of which it isdesirable to avoid; therefore I have located guides a and 1/ at therespective sides of the die-plate t'" about the same distance from theenter the sockets, h", as the distance between the said sockets alongthe rows, and I take tin sheets as much wider than the length of therows of die-sockets as the distance from the sockets to one oftheguides, and about four times longer than the distance between the tworows of punches 7i, and insert them under both rows of punches to beginwith, then feed the sheet forward along guide a until-the holes madebythe outer row of punches reach theiuner row of punches, then shift thesheets laterally, as indicated by the dotted lines Fig. 1 and the fulllines Fig. 14, a distance equal to the distance between thepunch-holcs,or thereabout,aloug the rows and to the guide y", and thenfeed the sheet backward or outward along said guide, punching out tagsfrom the blank spaces left between the punches in the first feedingprocess. The sheet is thus half out up into tags,and is then reversedendwise and presented again, as before, alongguide a3, and fed in untilthe holes of the front row of punches reach the inner-punches. Then thesheet is again shifted laterally to guide 1/, as before, and again fedbackward or outward along said guide, by which the whole sheet isfinally cut up, the punches all working continuously meantime, exceptwhile the sheets are being withdrawn and reversed, so that it will beseen that the tags will be made aud affixed with great rapidity. I maypull out the sheet at the time of shifting it laterally, and then feedforward, as before, instead of feeding ba'cl war(l; br1t I prefer tofeed it backward.

It will now be readily seen that material economy of time and labor iseffected by making the tags in the same machine that is employed inaffixing them to the tobacco-plugs, as all intermediate handling,adjusting, and feeding such as would be necessary in a separatelyorganized affixing machine are avoided.

In this machine the feeding of the tags from the point-ben'ders to theaffixing devices is not to be taken into account as an item of time orlabor, because it is effected by the same means and in the same time asthe feeding from the tag-cutters to the point-benders is accomplished;but I may produce the tags in a separate punching mechanism, ifpreferred, and

deliver them to the die-plate for a feeder to the tagging mechanism.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. An organized plug-tobacco-tagging machine, consisting of anintermittingly-moving annular die-plate tag-feeder and tobacco-plugholder, mechanism for operating said dieplate, a presser for holding thetobacco-plugs, mechanism for operating the presser, punches forinserting the tags, and mechanism for operating the punches, combinedand operating substantially as described.

2. An organized tag-making and plug-tobacco-tagging machine, consistingof punching mechanism for cutting the tags, an inter mittingly-movingannular die-plate tag-feeder, mechanism for operating said die-plate,point-bending punches, mechanism for oper ating said punches, a presserfor holding the tobacco plugs, mechanism for operating said presser,punches for inserting the tags, and operating mechanism therefor,combined and operating substantially as described.

The combination, with a plug-tobaccotagging presser and punches, of anintermittingly-moving annular die-plate having diesockets in which thetags are supplied to the said presser and punches, and being arrangedwith relation to said presser and punches to receive the plugs and holdthem while being tagged, and to remove them from between the saidpresser and punches, substantially as described. v

4. In a tag-making and tobacco-tagging machine, the tag-making punchesand dies, located as wide apart along the rows of the same as the tagsare to be placed apart in the tobacco-plugs, in combination with guidesa and 3/ on the respectives sides of the punching die-plate, and locatedas far from the ends of the die-rows as the width of the spaces be lneenthe punches and dies. er thereahenl, I and stepping the mnehinein therequired p0- substantially described. sition, consisting of the notchedring on the 5. The eombinatienwith an intermittinglywheel i in(combination with the stud on the 15 moving annular dieplate tag-feederand to- (clutch-shifting lever and the spring for throwbaeeo-plugholdermnd with a presser and taging out the clutch, substantially asdescribed. inserting pnnehes and meehanisn'l 1'01 eperat- In witnesswhereof I have hereunto signed ing the same,ol'pnnehingmechanismarranged my name in the presence of two subscribing 1'01 cutting thetags'and at the same time de witnesses. livering them tethe d'ielate,and mechanism 10 arranged for bending the points of the tags inWitnesses:

said die-plate, substantially as described. l \V. J. Mend,

(5. The means for disconnecting the (:lnteh S. ll. MORGAN.

